Hydriomena renunciata
| Hydriomena renunciata | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Hydriomena |
| Species: | H. renunciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydriomena renunciata (Walker, 1862) | |
Hydriomena renunciata, the renounced hydriomena, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Hydriomena renunciata is 7236.[4]
The larvae is dirt brown with tan stripes. The caterpillars fashion a shelter by folding over a leaf edge or securing together two overlapping leaves. There is one generation of mature caterpillars from July into October. The host plant is Alder. [5]
Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species Hydriomena renunciata:
- Hydriomena renunciata columbiata Taylor, 1906
- Hydriomena renunciata pernigrata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
- Hydriomena renunciata renunciata
- Hydriomena renunciata viridescens McDunnough, 1954
References
- ↑ "Hydriomena renunciata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Hydriomena renunciata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Hydriomena renunciata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Hydriomena renunciata". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (2001). Geometroid caterpillars of northeastern and Appalachian forests (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service.
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Further reading
- Holloway, J. D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 978-9839991543.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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